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QUILTING FRAME. No. 253,352. 'Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

HENRY T. DAVIS, E SHERMAN, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming but of Letters Patent No. 253,352, dated February 7, 1882.

Application filed March 31, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. DAVIS, a. citizen of the-United'States, residing at Sher man, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented Improvements in Quilting-Frames, of which the following is a speci- Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the frame and its supporting-stand on the line 2 2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same on the line 3 3, Fig.2.

A represents a stand of any ordinary construction,-having an aperture, a, which may be provided with a pair of grooved pulleys, if desired, and receives a cord, B, carrying a weight, 0, and attached to the plate or board D, which may be made of wood, and is adapted to slide freely on suitable bosses or rollers, e, on the upper surface of the stand A..

der control of thefeed, so as to form seams in curved lines, parallel or nearly so.

To adapt the standto be readily moved, its legs are provided with casters or rollers M of any preferred form.

In operation the outer roller, G, is introduced beneath the arm of the sewing-machine, so as to bring the desired line of seam near Modeh) the path of the needle. The sewing is then performed in the usual manner, the entire frame moving in a right line withthe feed, and being held and guided by the operator as may be necessary. This done, the p'resserfoot andneedle are raised and the frame drawn back in the line of the feed and advanced laterally the proper distance for a new seam. The free mobility of the board 'D on the table A admits the described longitudinal and lateral movements with perfect ease and convenience, so as to run the seams as required and'locate them at any desired distance asunder. When as many seams as may beconvenient have been made in this way the quilt is moved in the frame by detachingthelateralstretching-hooks J J and winding it upon the roller G in the customary manner.

Whether used for producing straight parallel seams, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in which tact with the frame, or for producing curved seams by the use of the pivot-screw turned up,

case the pivot-screw L is withdrawn from 0011- 1. The combination of the stand A and the G G, the'cord B, and the weight 0, substan-- tially as set forth.

3. The combination of the stand A, pivotscrew L,'and the quilting-frame havingboard D, arms F, and rollers G G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY T. DAVIS.

Witnesses i v E. A. RAMSEY, W. O. GLEAGE. 

